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POPULATION GROWTH RANKING

States Ranked by Rate of Population Growth, 1990-2000
Rank State Percent Growth
1. Nevada 66.27%
2. Arizona 39.98%
3. Colorado 30.56%
4. Utah 29.62%
5. Idaho 28.53%
6. Georgia 26.37%
7. Florida 23.53%
8. Texas 22.76%
9. North Carolina 21.43%
10. Washington 21.11%
11. Oregon 20.37%
12. New Mexico 20.06%
13. Delaware 17.63%
14. Tennessee 16.65%
15. South Carolina 15.07%
16. Alaska 14.89%
17. Virginia 14.32%
18. California 13.82%
19. Arkansas 13.73%
20. Montana 12.91%
21. Minnesota 12.44%
22. New Hampshire 11.41%
23. Maryland 10.77%
24. Mississippi 10.55%
25. Alabama 10.06%
26. Oklahoma 9.70%
27. Indiana 9.67%
28. Kentucky 9.67%
29. Wisconsin 9.65%
30. Missouri 9.34%
31. Hawaii 9.32%
32. Wyoming 8.86%
33. New Jersey 8.85%
34. Illinois 8.65%
35. Kansas 8.51%
36. South Dakota 8.45%
37. Nebraska 8.42%
38. Vermont 8.19%
39. Michigan 6.92%
40. Louisiana 5.90%
41. Massachusetts 5.53%
42. New York 5.48%
43. Iowa 5.39%
44. Ohio 4.67%
45. Rhode Island 4.47%
46. Maine 3.83%
47. Connecticut 3.60%
48. Pennsylvania 3.36%
49. West Virginia 0.83%
50. North Dakota 0.53%
51. District of Columbia -5.74%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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